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Back to SearchEpisode 12: El Paso by Marty Robbins
The original promo 45, showing the edited A side. The full-length song is the B. In the late 1950s, Marty Robbins, who was commuting hundreds of mile…
9 years ago
Episode 11: Failing Upward
Hey, everybody makes a mistake now and then. That's why they put erasers on pencils, am I right? But once in awhile, someone will make a mistake that…
9 years ago
10–Free Bird
Today we're commemorating the 40th anniversary of the plane crash that killed several members of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd and their manager with a loo…
9 years ago
Episode 9: Under the Covers
This week we're going to dive into famous songs that were recorded by other artists first. Some of them you're going to know about because practicall…
9 years ago
Episode 8: Like a Rolling Stone by Bob Dylan
This was the song that heralded the Dylan Goes Electric era, and when he first played it live at the 1965 Newport Music Festival, he was met with boo…
9 years ago
Episode 7: Tequila by The Champs
This was the A side of the record, remember. This week we're taking a look at a song that was never meant to be a hit. In fact, it wouldn't even have…
9 years, 1 month ago
Episode 6: This Song by George Harrison
This is the original sleeve that the record came in. I still have mine, though not quite in this condition. In the mid 1970s, George Harrison was hav…
9 years, 1 month ago
Episode 5: In The Air Tonight by Phil Collins
Wait, Phil Collins did what? He drowned a guy? Uh...no. He humiliated a coward? No. He shamed someone from his childhood? Also, no. Many stories swir…
9 years, 1 month ago
Episode 4: Get Together
One of several labels used for the 45 of this song. I think this was the retail version of the original release, based on what the promo label looks …
9 years, 1 month ago
Episode 3: The Buckinghams’ Greatest Hits
Click here for a transcript of this week's show. This week, we're taking a look at the Buckinghams, a Chicago-based group which had five big hits, a…
9 years, 2 months ago